Shirt-waist belt.



I. '0. WQO'DWARD, SHIRT WAIST ,IBELT. APPLICATION rum: NW. 10. 1910.

Patented Nov .'25, 1913.

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SHIRT-WAISTYB'ELT."

'- Specihcation of Letters Patent. V I Patented NOV; 1913;

Application filed. November '10,- 1910. serial in, 591,723.

, Be it known that I, IRVING .C. loonwann,

a citizen or the United States of America,

and a resident" of Chicago, county of Cook,

Sta'te o'f Illinois, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementslII-ShlIt-Vfllfit .B-elts, ofwhich .the following-is a specification.

' sive fo'rm'of belt, particularly adapted'to be used for retaining thelower part of a shirt waist "place about theWaist-line; to pr'ovideabelt of this kind-adapted to'eflici'ently prevent the shirtwaist fromworking up "from under the Waistband of a skirt With-" out requiringthateither vthe belt;on thewaist' be fastened to the 'skirt-or-to "eachgother.

- An illustratix e embodiment this" intention is shown vintheaccoinpanying draw 1n s,1 n'wh1c i igure l is-a perspectiyje'viewillustratingthe manner. of applying the belt. Fig. .2

'is a detail .in perspective of the belt. Fig

3 is a detail illustrating the manner of securing the. buckle tothe'belt.- Fig- 4 isan enlarged transverse cross-"sectionbf the'belt.

In the construction. shownin'the' drawi n'gs, the belt comprises a stripof flexible fabric 1,,s'uch as strong cottontape of Webbing, beingpreferably non 4 elastic.

. frictional resistanceto slidin movementof the strip along-thesurface!) a garment; In making a belt, one end 3, of thestrlp is passedthrough the loop of a buckle 4 and folded upon itself with thecoatedsur- One surface of the strip 1 is coated with a slightly adhesiveand strongly cohesive mat-erial 2', preferably a'comp'pund of rubber,-which is unvulcanized, so that it retains its T he coating does not:taces inside. Tlicadhesiveness of the-coat ing is. almost sufficient toretain the buckle in place under norma'l stra'in's, and in addi-' tionto this adhesiveness', a single transverse row of stitching 5 is ample.Theothe'r end- 6 of the tape is folded diagonallyacross one corner,With-.th'e coated, surfaces opposed,

, I I .theflfolded part being further-secured by a The main objects oi.this invention are to-- i provide an im'pro\ -*'ed, simple and inexpen-.

row of stitching 7 'In use, the belt is passed about the waist of, the;wearer outside 'of the 'shirtwaist, and

with the coated side 2 -inward. The end 6 is passed through the buckle.fl;- and drawn up, to causet-he belt to fit'snugly. The

' skirt is put on after the belt is in place, and

the. Waistband of the skirt. hides the belt.

' belt effectively accomplishes tl1is'end Without being-in any wayfastened tothe ski-rt.

3 Although but one specificembodiment of this invention is herein sh0ivn-a11d de-' -7' scribed, it willibe' understood that numerous det-ailsof'the' construction shown may be altered or omittedflkvithout'departing from 'the'spirit of this invention, as defined by thefollowing. claim. 7 5

"101311111?- A belt comprising a strip 10f fabric having a. coating ofunyulcanized rubber com-- pound, said belt being adapted to havefrictional-engagementwith the surface ofa garment to resist" the slidingor. creeping move ment of .said garment and prevent itsxdisarrangementfrom a certain normal position.

: ember, 1910. g p a Q .IRVING C(WOODWARD. Witnesses: I

EUGENE A. RUMMLER,

MARY M. DILLMAN.

Signed at m g-.5 this 8th day of No- "a

